Harness-saddle



, (No Model.)

' N. G. EAYDEN.

Harness Saddle.

No. 236,582. Patented Jan. 11,1881.

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Il. PETERS, PnOTWLITNOGRAPNEn. WASHINGTON. D C.

NEVILLE G. HAYDEN,

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OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPEGIFICTION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,582, dated January 11, 1881..

Application filed May 24, 1880. (No model.)

T o all whom t may concern Be it known that I, NEVILLE Gr. HAYDEN, ot' Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Saddles, ot' which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of a harness saddle embodying my invention Fig. 2, a section in the plane of the line x x,- Fig. 3, a section in the plane of the line y y; Fig. 4, a top view of the under piece; Fig. 5, a section in the plane of the line z z, and Fig. 6 a perspective of the metallic loop.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means for connecting the parts together trmly and with facility; and to that end my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, substantially as hereinafter set forth, and relating, principally, to the metallic under pieces and loops which I employ in connection with the tree and certain other parts of the saddle.

A represents the tree, and a a are ribs or flanges, usually made on the under side of the tree for forming a recess for the terret-nuts, as well as to strengthen or stiften the tree. B B are the aps, C C the skirts, D D the backbands, E E the stiening, F F the pads, G G the terrets, and H H the terret-nuts, all of which parts may be made and arranged as usual or substantially as shown.

I is a metallic under piece, and J a removable metallic loop. b b are upturned edges at or along the sides of the upper part of the piece I. The edges or anges b b should, by preference, are or spread outwardly slightly, so as to be a little farther apart at their tops than at their bottoms or bases, to receive the ribs or anges a, a, which are inclined in the opposite direction, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 2, it being understood that the upper part of the piece I is sufficiently wide for that purpose.

Kis an elongated socket or depression arranged longitudinally in the upper part of the piece I. In form and size the depression K is such as to receive a terret-nut. This nut-receivin g depression is open centrally sufficiently to allow thelower end of the terret-bolt to pass through it, and it is also open at the sides sufciently, as shown at c c, to admit of the terret-nut being turned one quarter of a turn around therein, so that the ends of the nuts will then extend underneath the main part or body ot' the piece l, as shown in Fig. 2 and indicated by thedotted or broken lines in Fig. 5. To prevent the nut from being turned more than a Quarterturn, one side opening @begins at one end ot' the nut-receiver and the other opening c at the other end, and both the said openings extend across the transversely-arranged nut, but no farther, thus making the solid or unopened portions of the sides ofthe nut-rece vin g depression serve as stops to prevent the further turning ot the nut. To prevent the transversely-arranged nut from falling through its receiving-depression `into the pad, the bottom of the depression K should be extended sufficiently for that purpose, as shown at c c. d el are lateral extensions on the` lower end of the piece I, which piece is contracted, as shown, between the said extensions and the anges b b, and e e are slots in the extensions d d.

The loop J has T-shaped ends extending downward therefrom, or, in other words, has thereon the dowels j' f, adapted to enter the slots e e. The dowels f j' are flexible, so that they may be bent or clinched in the manner indicated in Fig. 2.

To apply the parts togetherl the upper end of the piece I is arranged on the under face or side of the tree, so that the anges b b will overlap the ribs or anges a a, the terret-nut being first arranged in the depression or receiver K. The dowels ff are then passed down through the skirt, through the slots e e, and through the stiftening, and clinched or turned over tightly upon the underside or face of the stift'ening. The back band passes through the loop J, and the shoulders above the dowels f j' rest upon the skirt. It' the terrets be applied, their bolts will ind the nuts H H, and by turning the terrets in the proper direction their bolts will be screwed into the nuts, and the act of screwing them in will turn the nuts transversely, as described, and a continued turning ofthe terrets will draw all the parts rmly together at the upper part of the saddle, while the lower parts will be firmly ICO clamped or held together by means of the loops.

I twill also be perceived that the terrets may be removed and replaced at any time Without either separating' or removing any ot' the other parts.

Having thus described my invention7 what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters lPaten t, is-

l. In a harness-saddle, the under piece, I, having therein the depression or nut-receiving socket K, open centrally in the bottom to receive the terret-bolt, and having in its sides the openings c c, to allow7 the nut to be turned a quarter-turn, substantially as and for the purposes specied.

2. Ina harness-szuldle, the under piece, I, having therein the depresssion or nut-receiving socket K, made centrally in the bottoni, and containing` the side slots or openings, c c, and the projections c c', all arranged substantially as shown and described with relation to each other, for the purposes set forth.

In a harness-saddle, the under piece, l,

having thereon the upturned edges or flanges b b, and containing the centrally-open socket K, having therein the side openings, c c, substantially as and for the purposes specitied.

et. The combination, in a harness-saddle, of the under piece, I, having therein, near its lower end, the longitudinal slots c c, the flexible metallic loop J, bent rectangular-ly near its ends, and having thereon the downwardly-extending dowels fj', adapted to enter the slots c e, the said loop being arranged transversely with relation to the said under plee, the backband D, passing through the said loop, the skirt C, and stift'euing E, arranged respectively above and below the said n nder piece, and the skirt, under piece, and stift'ening all being pierced by the said doivels and clinched together thereby, thus connecting all the said parts rinly together, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

NEVILLE G. HAYDEN.

Witnesses W. H. I-IAYDEN, W. H. HAYDEN, Jr. 

